Aeronautic safety appliance.



P. A. SGHLUETER.

AEBONAUTIC SAFETY APPLIANCE.

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Patented Aug. 16,1910.

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P. A. SGHLUETER.

. AERONAUTIG SAFETY APPLIANCE.

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TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK A. SCI-ILUETER, 0F LOUIS, MISSOURI.

AERONAU'IIC SAFETY APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, LG $1910.

Application filed June 24, 1909. S'rial No. 504,023.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDnR cK A. SGHLUETER, a citizen of the United States, residing at'the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aeronautic Safety Appliances, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention consists in an aeronautic safety appliance especially adapted for the use of amateur aeronauts or others in experiments or trial trips with either standard appa'ratus or new devices. 1

, Many are retarded from aeronautic trips and experiments by fear of falling to the ground through somedefect' in, or mishap to, the ordinary means of ascent, and, while device. While, specifically, the former is shown as a captive balloon and the latter as an aeroplane airship, and while this is the preferredembodiment of this invention, yet a captive airship may be substituted for the captive balloon, and, for the phrposes of this invention, it is immaterial what may be the nature of the'aeronautic device supported thereby. 1

In the accompanying drawings, like numbers of reference denote liker parts Wherever they occur, and Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of ,part of the basket of the captive balloon, showing a brake for governing the rate of descent of the suspended body; 3 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 4 1s a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 5 is a weight for taking up the slack of the suspending wire; and Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the same.

,The captive balloon 1, or the like, is attached to the round by acable or cables 2,

orv other suitaile means, which may be attp'ohed to the balloon in any desired mariner,

. rapidit being shown in the drawings as attached to the basket 3 thereof. Said'cables, while necessarily strong, need not be heavy. The airship a is suspended from the balloon, preferably the basket (if the captive suspending body be a balloon and if therebe a basket),

.by a strong wire, cord,or the like 5 (such as piano wire for instance), which may be athe airship 1n any desired manner tached to t and be provided with means for readily detaching same therefrom if desired... Said wire will preferably travel 0,11 roller 6 supported by casting 7 from basket 3, or other suitable point.

vided, a acent to the end thereof opposite to the suspended body, with a weight 8,

which is pivotally, or otherwise, attached,.as at 9, to plate 10, said suspending wire or Said wire or cord 5",is procord 5 being attached to said plate 10 by any suitable means, as, for instance, by bolt, 11."

Plate 10 is provided with a trolley 12, which i.

runs on one of the guy-ropes 2. As the airship 4 rises, it tends to make the wire or cord 5 slack, but the pull of weight 8 causes trolley 12 to ride downward on its guy-rope 2, thus pulling wire 5 taut. When airship 4 descends, it pulls on wire'.5, thereby causing trolley 12 to ride upward on its guy-rope toward the balloon.

A man will ordinarily be 'stationedin the basket 3. If the machinery ,of the airship should happen to ,get out of order, or other accident occur likely to result in the toorapid descent to the ground of the airship i, the man in the basket 3 will detach brake handle 13 from latch 14, and, by pushing l outwardly on brake handle 13, cause wedgeshaped plate 15 to press wire 5 between it and roller 6, thus regulating thedegree of with which the wire 5 can pass over ro ler 6, and thus regulating the rapidity ofdescent of the airship 4. The fins 16 on plate 15 fit in grooves 17 in casting 7, and

serve as a guide for plate 15,. which is piv- 0 oted at 18 to'bell-crank lever. 19, operated by brake handle 13-.

With respect to the brake, weight, suspending, attaching, and detaching devices,

it .is'obvious that man minor; changes m 1 the various parts may e madewithout dearting from the nature and sp rit of this invention, defined by .the following claims.

I claim:

'1. The combination, with a supporting 11 aeronautic body, and means for holding the same captive, of a second aeronautic body,

arranged to carry passengers, means connectln said bodies to support the second body Irom the first, and a connection between said connecting means and said holdmg means.

2. The combination with a supporting aeronautic body, and means for holding the same ca tive, of a second aeronautic body, arrange to carry passengers, means con-' necting said bodies to support the second body from the first, and a traveling connection between said connecting means and said holdin means.

3. T e combination, with a balloon and guy ropes for, holding the same captive, of an aeronautic appliance arranged to carry passengers, means connecting said balloon and appliance, to support the latter from the former, and a trolley connected to said connecting means and arranged to travel along one of said guy ropes.

4. The combination with a assenger-carrying aeronautic appliance, o a passenger- .carrying aeronautic appliance supported therefrom and arranged for inde endent movement with respect thereto, an means carried by the first appliance for controlling one of the movements of the second appliried by the captive appliance and arranged for engagement with said flexible connection to control one movement of the operable appliance.

7. .The combination of a captive supporting balloon, an aeronautic appliance adapted to be supported thereby, supporting means connecting both of said bodies, and means on said first-mentioned body over which said supporting means is adapted to travel.

8. The combination of a captive supporting balloon, an aeronautic appliance adapted to be supported thereby, supporting means connecting both of said bodies, means on said first-mentioned body over which said supporting means is adapted to travel, and means for braking said supporting means.

9. The combination of a captive support ing balloon, an aeronautic appliance adapted to be supported. thereby, supporting means connecting both of said bodies, means on said first-mentioned body over which said supporting means is adapted to travel, and means for taking up the slack in said supporting means.

10. The combination of a captive supporting balloon, an aeronautic appliance adapted to be supported thereby, supporting means connecting both of said bodies, means on said first-mentioned body over which said supporting means is adapted to tr re means for braking said supporting mean, and means for taking up the slack in said means.

In testimony whereof i have ufiixcd my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK A. SCHLUE'lER.

Vfitncsses:

GLADYS VAL/EON, GEORGE Gr. A-rznnnsox. 

